Clara Marney
Joan Shield
Doreen and Doug Ward
Mary and Brian Finch
Dolores John Philip
May and Derek Ford
John and Maureen Maltwood
Fred and Joyce Briant
Lucy O'Boyle
Jean and John Duffield (with Bruiser, their dog)
Keith Green
Carpenters Estate, Stratford.
Next to the eastern edge of London’s Olympic Park, in Stratford, is a council estate built in the late 1960′s, the Carpenters Estate. Expectations of estate refurbishment in the early 2000's were followed by a long-period of uncertainty, when flats and houses were unoccupied and boarded up. Talking to residents who moved in during the early years, and a very different view of the estate emerges as a valued community and place to call home.
This project was completed in 2013 while studying for an MA in Photography and Urban Cultures at Goldsmiths College and in collaboration with the photographer, Orly Zailer. As part of the study we also conducted short interviews that reflected on ideas of what made a house a home, life on the estate over the years and the changes to London’s housing landscape. We would like to thank all the residents for their participation and interest and to the Carpenters Estate TMO for assistance in enabling the project.
